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3DAROC18 3C-based data analysis and 3D reconstruction of chromatin foldingDownloadable poster in PDF |
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IMPORTANT DATES for this Course Deadline for applications: Aug 31st 2018
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Affiliation: Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG) and Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, ES |
Affiliation: Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG) and Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, ES |
Affiliation: Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG) and Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, ES |
Affiliation: Institute for research in Biomedicine (IRB), Barcelona, ES |
Affiliation: Institute for research in Biomedicine (IRB), Barcelona, ES |
Course description3C-based methods, such as Hi-C, produce a huge amount of raw data as pairs of DNA reads that are in close spatial proximity in the cell nucleus. Overall, those interaction matrices have been used to study how the genome folds within the nucleus, which is one of the most fascinating problems in modern biology. The rigorous analysis of those paired-reads using computational tools has been essential to fully exploit the experimental technique, and to study how the genome is folded in space. Currently, there is a clear expansion on the wealth of data on genome structure with the availability of many datasets of Hi-C experiments down to 1Kb resolution (see for example: http://hic.umassmed.edu/welcome/welcome.php ; http://promoter.bx.psu.edu/hi-c/view.php or http://www.aidenlab.org/data.html). In this course, participants will learn to use TADbit, a software designed and developed to manage all dimensionalities of the Hi-C data:
Note: Although the TADbit software is central in this course, alternative software will be discussed for each part of the analysis. |
Target AudienceThe course design is oriented towards experimental researchers and bioinformaticians at the graduate and post-graduate levels. The last edition of this course was attended by people with different backgrounds and interested in the genome organization. Moreover, Hi-C data have recently been used in metagenomics studies to accurately cluster metagenome assembly contigs into groups that contain nearly complete genomes of each species. It is likely that the participants to this course aim at getting involved in generating Hi-C data for chromosome structure determination or that they just want to be able to correctly interpret and analyse publicly available data. |
Course Pre-requisitesRecommended Linux and basic Python programming skills, graduate level in Life Sciences. TADbit APIThis tutorial is associated with a specific version of TADbit. if you wish to reproduce exactly the results you should use the version of TADbit tagged 3DAROC_2018. To install this version, please issue these commands: git clone https://github.com/3DGenomes/TADbit cd tadbit git checkout tags/3DAROC_2018 sudo python setup.py install TADbit toolsMost of the tasks of the "core pipeline" can be tunned directly from command line (without any python), using TADbit tool. Have a look to the commands, and the metadata of the results. For now TADbit tool is not incuded in the general documetation, as it is still under active development. Use it carefully, and don't hesitate to repport any unexpected behaviour you observe. TADbit page at github: https://github.com/3DGenomes/TADbitVirtual research environmentWith small datasets TADbit core pipeline can be runned through a new Virtual Research Environment (VRE), hosted by the MuG project. This might also be the best place to try TADkit for visualizing genomes in 3D together with interactions matrices and any other genomic track. MuG website from which to access to the VRE: https://www.multiscalegenomics.eu/MuGVRE/ |
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Marc A. Martí-Renom obtained a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona where he worked on protein folding under the supervision of B. Oliva, F.X. Aviles and M. Karplus. After that, he went to the US for a postdoctoral training on protein structure modeling at the Sali Lab (Rockefeller University) as the recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship. Later on, Marc was appointed Assistant Adjunct Professor at UCSF. Between 2006 and 2011, he headed of the Structural Genomics Group at the CIPF in Valencia (Spain). Currently, Marc is an ICREA research professor and leads the Structural Genomics Group at the National Center for Genomic Analysis - Centre for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG) in Barcelona. His group is broadly interested on how RNA, proteins and genomes organize and regulate cell fate. Finally, Marc is an Associate Editor of the PLoS Computational Biology journal and has published over 90 articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
François Serra obtained his Degree in Biology, specialized in Physiology and Neurophysiology, his Master's Degree in Structural genomics and bioinformatics (Strasbourg I University, France) and it's PhD in Evolutionary Genomics in the Department of Bioinformatics at the CIPF (Valencia). He is now part of the Structural Genomic team of Marc A. Martí-Renom at CNAG-CRG (Barcelona). His main research interests are grounded on comparative genomics and evolution with a special focus on the effect of evolution in the structural arrangement of genomes. He has taught MEPA and 3DMOG for GTPB, and also in similar courses at CIPF (Valencia, ES) and the Department of Genetics of the University of Cambridge (UK).
David Castillo obtained his MSc in Photonics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona (Spain) where he worked in Super-resolution microscopy. He has a background in Physics and Engineering. He works as a technician in the Structural Genomics team of Marc A. Martí-Renom at CNAG-CRG (Barcelona), developing tools for the analysis, modelling and visualization of HiC data. He is also interested in the integration of microscopy to the modeling of genomic 3D structures.
Jürgen Walther obtained his B.Sc. degree at the University of Würzburg (Germany) in Physics with final work done on astrophysics and his master degree at the University of Texas at Austin (USA) in Physics with specialization in Biophysics. The final work was about imaging molecular motor regulation on a single molecule level where he integrated single molecule imaging, optical trapping and convolutional microscopy in one machine. He is now working as a PhD student in the Molecular Modeling and Bioinformatics laboratory of Modesto Orozco at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) Barcelona. His main focus is developing coarse-grained models to simulate large pieces of DNA and chromatin at a very high resolution. Some other projects involve in-depth analysis of molecular dynamics (MD) trajectories, analysis of NGS data and 3D visualization of 2D microscopy data. His models 'MC-DNA' and 'Chromatin Dynamics' are a component of the Multiscale Complex Genomics VRE where a unified view of the genome at all length scales from base-pair to chromosome in form of a web interface is developed.
Diana Buitrago obtained her Master's degree in bioinformatics at Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). She is currently a PhD student in Molecular Modeling and Bioinformatics group (Institute for Research in Biomedicine) working with Dr. Modesto Orozco. She has worked in the analysis of nucleosome positioning, its relation with epigenetic marks (DNA methylation and histone modifications) and how these factors change the physical properties of DNA and influence gene regulation and expression. She is also interested in modeling of chromatin structure in 3D using polymer modeling based on chromatin types derived from epigenetic modifications.